Backed out changeset: a29b49d57769

Misc/NEWS

@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ Library
 - Issue #16180: Exit pdb if file has syntax error, instead of trapping user
   in an infinite loop.  Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
 
-- Issue #24917: time_strftime() Buffer Over-read. Patch by John Leitch.
-
 - Issue #21112: Fix regression in unittest.expectedFailure on subclasses.
   Patch from Berker Peksag.
 

Modules/timemodule.c

@@ -662,12 +662,6 @@ time_strftime(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
                             "format %y requires year >= 1900 on AIX");
             return NULL;
         }
-        else if (outbuf[1] == '\0')
-        {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Incomplete format string");
-            Py_DECREF(format);
-            return NULL;
-        }
     }
 #endif